Jacob is a game designer, writer, director, sound designer, and recent graduate from Queen’s University’s Media and Performance Production program.

A selection of work done between 2019-2021

Presence (2021)

Presence was a short horror film written by Jacob Loat in association with Queen’s University and the Dan Studio Series as an experiment in digital theatre. The premise was simple: produce a short film that would be recorded, edited, mastered, and streamed live at each screening for our online audience.

Thumbnail by Isabel Ma

Directed By Samarra Prenick and Dean Arnott

Starring Ashley Ciambrelli

Written by Jacob Loat

 The Only Way Out is Through is an experimental transmedial experience conceived, designed, and executed by Jacob Loat in association with Queen's University. Consisting of a game and an online communal space, The Only Way Out is Through stacked the odds in favor of or against the player when the game is first launched, while reminding players that 'the world is their oyster'. It was then up to the community of players to talk, share their experiences, and vent about the game, and potentially discover game's own biases towards players. Click the image above to download the game and try it for yourself! Note: original Discord for the project has since been shut down.

The Only Way Out is Through (2021)

FEY (2020)

Fey is a 27-minute audio drama set in a futuristic America at war with itself. The story follows the story of Eric, a brilliant scientist who is destined to be his people’s savior- and their scapegoat. All ambient audio and sound effects were built by myself from the ground up for this project.

Written By Jack Burnham

Directed by Jacob Loat and Molly Cooney

Sound Design by Jacob Loat

Art by Isabel Ma